Rango (2011) I couldn't find the script. This is from a transcript I found online. Not sure how accurate it is part from the opening line. I really liked the clever dialogue in this film. This first line is notable because of the obvious reference to the expectations of this type of story and the fact that the protagonist spells it out for us. I bet every writer in the audience thought that was extra funny. I also included the following scene (no clip unfortunately) with the armadillo that sends Rango on his quest. http://movieclips.com/RBz6-rango-movie-an-unexpected-event/ Rango: People, I've had an epiphany! The hero cannot exist in a vacuum! What our story needs is an ironic, unexpected event, that will propel the hero into conflict! [just then we see that Rango is a pet kept in a glass aquarium traveling in the back of a car which swerves, the aquarium falls off the car into the middle of the road breaking] - [Rango spots an armadillo lying in the middle of the road] Roadkill: I need a little help here. [the armadillo has a large gap in his body where the car wheel has passed through him] Rango: Uh...are you okay? Roadkill: I must get to the other side. Rango: The other side? You mean that...just now that was you crossing the road? That's why the... [he starts reenacting the car swerving off the road and him falling out of the car] Rango: Why'd you do that? Roadkill: This is my quest. He waits for me. Rango: Wha...who? Roadkill: The Spirit of the West, amigo. The one! They say he rides an alabaster carriage with golden guardians to protect him. Rango: What are...what are you talkin' about? Roadkill: Enlightenment. We are nothing without it. Rango: Nothing?! Your delusional quest just ruined my life! I had an incredibly complex social network going! Highly sophisticated friends! I was very popular! Roadkill: Friends? I don't see no friends. Rango: Well, uh...the... Roadkill: You are a very lonely lizard. Now, uh...help me up. And I will help you find what you seek. Rango: Uh, you...you will? Roadkill: Quickly now, I must get back to my quest. Rango: You mean, you've done this before? Roadkill: Oh, yes! Many times. [Rango walks up on to Roadkills body] Roadkill: That's it. Pull my finger Rango: Uhhh... Roadkill: The Spirit is waiting for me. Rango: Okay. Okay. [Rango grabs hold of Roadkills finger and starts pulling, but he fails to move Roadkill] Rango: Okay! That's not gonna work. [after Rango has failed to move Roadkill] Roadkill: I must get to the other side. Rango: Why don't you just wait until there are no cars coming? Roadkill: It's not so easy as it looks. Rango: The what? Roadkill: It's a metaphor. [just then a massive truck heads towards them] [lying in the middle of the road after being run over by the truck] Roadkill: You need a little help, amigo? Rango: I think the metaphor broke my spleen! Roadkill: The path of loneliness is fraught with consequence. Rango: Yeah, I'm just looking for the path to water. Roadkill: If you want to find water, you must first find dirt. Rango: Uh...dirt. [Roadkill laughs] Roadkill: Destiny, she is kind to you. Tomorrow is Wednesday, the water comes. At noon the towns people gather for a mysterious ritual... Rango: Wow! What uhhh...a town? You mean like with real people and everything? Where? Roadkill: A days journey. Follow your shadow. Rango: You want me to just walk out into the desert? Roadkill: Uhumm. That's the way. Rango: Okay. So you're saying there's a town, a real town? Not a metaphor town? Roadkill: Go on. It's okay. Rango: Okay. Well, then I'm going. I am leaving the road now! [he turns to go] Rango: I am walking into the desert! Alone! [he starts walking slowly towards the desert; Roadkill calls out to him] Roadkill: We all have our journeys to make. [he turns his face away and says quietly] Roadkill: I will see you on the other side.

THE PRODUCERS (1968) written and directed by Mel Brooks Dialogue: Bloom and Bialystock actually take turns being Heralds in this scene. BLOOM (musing to himself) Heh, heh, heh, amazing. It's absolutely amazing. But under the right circumstances, a producer could make more money with a flop than he could with a hit. QUICK CUT TO BIALYSTOCK'S SLEEPING FACE. HIS EYES POP OPEN. CUT BACK TO BLOOM. BLOOM Yes. Yes. It's quite possible. If he were certain the show would fail, a man could make a fortune. CUT TO BIALYSTOCK. BY NOW HE IS HALFWAY ACROSS THE ROOM. HIS WHOLE BEING TINGLING WITH ALERTNESS. HE MOVES TO BLOOM'S DESK AND HOVERS OVER HIM, WAITING EXPECTANTLY FOR MORE INFORMATION. BUT BLOOM IS LOST IN HIS WORK, UNAWARE THAT BIALYSTOCK IS HANGING ON HIS EVERY WORD. BIALYSTOCK Yes??? BLOOM LOOKS UP. HE IS STARTLED TO SEE BIALYSTOCK'S FACE SO CLOSE TO HIS OWN. BLOOM (at a loss) Yes, what? BIALYSTOCK What you were saying. Keep talking. BLOOM What was I saying? BIALYSTOCK You were saying that under the right circumstances, a producer could make more money with a flop than he could with a hit. BLOOM (smiling) Yes, it's quite possible. BIALYSTOCK You keep saying that, but you don't tell me how. How could a producer make more money with a flop than with a hit?  20. BLOOM, SLIGHTLY EXASPERATED, PUTS HIS PENCIL DOWN AND FACES BIALYSTOCK. HE SPEAKS TO BIALYSTOCK AS A TEACHER WOULD A STUDENT. BLOOM It's simply a matter of creative accounting. Let us assume, just for the moment, that you are a dishonest man. BIALYSTOCK Assume away! BLOOM Well, it's very easy. You simply raise more money than you really need. BIALYSTOCK What do you mean? BLOOM You've done it yourself, only you did it on a very small scale. BIALYSTOCK What did I do? BLOOM You raised two thousand more than you needed to produce your last play. BIALYSTOCK So what? What did it get me? I'm wearing a cardboard belt. BLOOM Ahhhhhh! But that's where you made your error. You didn't go all the way. You see, if you were really a bold criminal, you could have raised a million. BIALYSTOCK But the play only cost $60,000 to produce. BLOOM Exactly. And how long did it run? BIALYSTOCK One night.  21. BLOOM See? You could have raised a million dollars, put on a sixty thousand dollar flop and kept the rest. BIALYSTOCK But what if the play was a hit? BLOOM Oh, you'd go to jail. If the play were a hit, you'd have to pay off the backers, and with so many backers there could never be enough profits to go around, get it? BIALYSTOCK Aha, aha, aha, aha, aha, aha!! So, in order for the scheme to work, we'd have to find a sure fire flop. BLOOM What scheme? BIALYSTOCK What scheme? Your scheme, you bloody little genius. BLOOM Oh, no. No. No. I meant no scheme. I merely posed a little, academic accounting theory. It's just a thought. BIALYSTOCK Bloom, worlds are turned on such thoughts! BIALYSTOCK STARTS MOVING IN ON BLOOM. BIALYSTOCK Don't you see, Bloom. Darling, Bloom, glorious Bloom, it's so simple. Step one: We find the worst play in the world -- a sure flop. Step two: I raise a million dollars -- there's a lot of little old ladies in this world. Step three: You go back to work on the books. Phoney lists of backers -- one for the government, one for us. You can do it, Bloom, you're a wizard. (MORE)  22. BIALYSTOCK (CONT'D) Step four: We open on Broadway and before you can say 'step five' we close on Broadway. Step six: We take our million dollars and fly to Rio de Janiero. BIALYSTOCK GRABS BLOOM IN HIS ARMS AND BEGINS TO LEAD HIM IN A WILD TANGO AROUND THE ROOM. BIALYSTOCK (sings) "Ah, Rio, Rio by the seao, meo, myo, meo ... " BLOOM (afraid of the scheme, afraid of the dance, afraid of Bialystock) Mr. Bialystock. No. Wait. Please. You're holding me too tight. I'm an honest man. You don't understand. BIALYSTOCK (leading Bloom as he talks) No, Bloom, you don't understand. This is fate, this is destiny. There's no avoiding it. AT THIS POINT, BIALYSTOCK SWEEPS BLOOM INTO AN ELABORATE DIP. BLOOM (the back of his head practically touching the floor) Mr. Bialystock, not more than five minutes ago, against my better judgment, I doctored your books. That, sir, is the ultimate extent of my criminal life. BIALYSTOCK RAISES HIS FISTS TO THE HEAVENS IN DESPAIR. BLOOM, EXPERIENCING A DEFINITE LACK OF SUPPORT, GOES CRASHING TO THE FLOOR. BIALYSTOCK OOOOOHH! OOOOOHH! OOOOOHH! OOOOOHH! I WANT THAT MONEY! CAMERA ON BLOOM AS HE LIES STRICKEN ON THE FLOOR.  23. BLOOM (to himself) Oh, I fell on my keys. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGdY4jfhKRM&feature=related

Oh yeah. Rango is a great example. The whole film seemed like a dedication to mono-myth story structure.